- @ armed , one with a 32 @ - @ pounder long gun and two with 24 @ - @ pounder long guns , each supplemented by four sw ##ive ##l guns . the harbour captain reached fox shortly afterwards , furious at the seizure of the gun ##boats and demanding they be returned . malcolm received him with a ti ##rade of near inc ##omp ##re ##hen ##sible french and brought him to join the other captured officers in his cabin , while the boat ' s crew were imprisoned below decks . shortly afterwards , at 16 : 00 , cooke and malcolm hosted a large dinner for their officer captives and sent food and gr ##og to the crew , the total number of
- @ armed, one with a 32 @ - @ pounder long gun and two with 24 @ - @ pounder long guns, each supplemented by four swivel guns. the harbour captain reached fox shortly afterwards, furious at the seizure of the gunboats and demanding they be returned. malcolm received him with a tirade of near incomprehensible french and brought him to join the other captured officers in his cabin, while the boat's crew were imprisoned below decks. shortly afterwards, at 16 : 00, cooke and malcolm hosted a large dinner for their officer captives and sent food and grog to the crew, the total number of